Thoughts on the UNESCO fiasco:
For the U.S., the UNESCO vote was a debacle, with the assembled states voting 107 to 14 in favor of admitting the Palestinians, and 52 states abstaining. That would have been the moment for the U.S. ambassador to read UNESCO’s assembly the riot act and announce that the U.S. was pulling out, as it did in 1984, under President Ronald Reagan; returning only in 2003, under President George W. Bush.
Instead, the U.S. diplomatic message to UNESCO has been one of apology, regrets and fawning statements of support for a U.N. body that has just slapped the U.S. in the chops. U.S officials have even been hinting that they are looking for some kind of workaround, to get the money flowing again.
Insanity.
So, after we took our 20% of their funding away, we should also stamp our feet petulantly and flounce out? I mean, after we pulled out in 1984 they turned right around and kissed our feet. /sarcasm/
I don’t want or expect them to kiss our feet. I want them to stop doing what they do with my money. As far as I’m concerned, we should pull out, and move the whole shebang to Brussels. Or anywhere else not on American soil.